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Successful management of chronic Blepharo-rosacea associated demodex by lid scrub with terpinen-4-ol
PURPOSE: To report a successful treatment of chronic rosacea associated ocular demodicosis with lid scrub containing terpinen-4-ol (T4O). OBSERVATIONS: A 72-year old woman presented with recurrent and refractory ocular erythema, irritation, dryness, and photophobia despite conventional medical treat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8326346/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34368495 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2021.101171 |
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author | Yin, Han Y. Tighe, Sean Tseng, Scheffer CG. Cheng, Anny MS. |
author_facet | Yin, Han Y. Tighe, Sean Tseng, Scheffer CG. Cheng, Anny MS. |
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description | PURPOSE: To report a successful treatment of chronic rosacea associated ocular demodicosis with lid scrub containing terpinen-4-ol (T4O). OBSERVATIONS: A 72-year old woman presented with recurrent and refractory ocular erythema, irritation, dryness, and photophobia despite conventional medical treatment (artificial tears, hypochlorous acid lid hygiene, doxycycline, and erythromycin) for 5 years. Examination revealed facial erythema, telangiectasias on cheeks, nose and lids, and cylindrical dandruff (CD) on bilateral upper and lower lashes. Epilation sampling confirmed demodicosis. After treatment with lid wipe containing T4O (Cliradex, Biotissue, Miami, FL) over face and lids, ocular discomfort, CD, facial and eyelid erythema, telangiectatic vessels were significantly reduced. Complete eradication of demodex mites and resolution of symptoms and signs lasted 8 months of follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: This case suggests that T4O is effective in treating chronic rosacea associated ocular demodex blepharitis. |
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spelling | pubmed-83263462021-08-06 Successful management of chronic Blepharo-rosacea associated demodex by lid scrub with terpinen-4-ol Yin, Han Y. Tighe, Sean Tseng, Scheffer CG. Cheng, Anny MS. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep Case Report PURPOSE: To report a successful treatment of chronic rosacea associated ocular demodicosis with lid scrub containing terpinen-4-ol (T4O). OBSERVATIONS: A 72-year old woman presented with recurrent and refractory ocular erythema, irritation, dryness, and photophobia despite conventional medical treatment (artificial tears, hypochlorous acid lid hygiene, doxycycline, and erythromycin) for 5 years. Examination revealed facial erythema, telangiectasias on cheeks, nose and lids, and cylindrical dandruff (CD) on bilateral upper and lower lashes. Epilation sampling confirmed demodicosis. After treatment with lid wipe containing T4O (Cliradex, Biotissue, Miami, FL) over face and lids, ocular discomfort, CD, facial and eyelid erythema, telangiectatic vessels were significantly reduced. Complete eradication of demodex mites and resolution of symptoms and signs lasted 8 months of follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: This case suggests that T4O is effective in treating chronic rosacea associated ocular demodex blepharitis. Elsevier 2021-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8326346/ /pubmed/34368495 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2021.101171 Text en © 2021 Published by Elsevier Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Yin, Han Y. Tighe, Sean Tseng, Scheffer CG. Cheng, Anny MS. Successful management of chronic Blepharo-rosacea associated demodex by lid scrub with terpinen-4-ol |
title | Successful management of chronic Blepharo-rosacea associated demodex by lid scrub with terpinen-4-ol |
title_full | Successful management of chronic Blepharo-rosacea associated demodex by lid scrub with terpinen-4-ol |
title_fullStr | Successful management of chronic Blepharo-rosacea associated demodex by lid scrub with terpinen-4-ol |
title_full_unstemmed | Successful management of chronic Blepharo-rosacea associated demodex by lid scrub with terpinen-4-ol |
title_short | Successful management of chronic Blepharo-rosacea associated demodex by lid scrub with terpinen-4-ol |
title_sort | successful management of chronic blepharo-rosacea associated demodex by lid scrub with terpinen-4-ol |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8326346/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34368495 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2021.101171 |
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